IBM Power Systems vs. Intel Server System
IBM Power Systems is ranked 3rd in Rack Servers with 34 reviews vs Intel Server System which is ranked 8th in Rack Servers with 1 review. The top reviewer of IBM Power Systems writes "Virtualization is the key, as we can more easily spin up a new partition, virtual instance". The top reviewer of Intel Server System writes " Uses well known architecture and it's easy to develop for". IBM Power Systems is most compared with Oracle SPARC Servers, Dell EMC PowerEdge Rack Servers and HPE ProLiant DL Servers. Intel Server System is most compared with Oracle SPARC Servers, HPE Apollo and IBM Power Systems.
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On the security side, we get regular security patch updates and system hardening. There are free tools available to harden the system. PowerVM. Power runs our resilient data systems, our high-end databases, stuff that can't go down. From a reliability standpoint it has provided us with excellent performance. The virtualization and the quality you get from it is one reason we like the solution. It scales a lot, you can just keep on adding frames, you can add on CPUs, you get capacity on demand, you can tune the machine very easily to handle different workloads. The SMT that they've improved has really helped open up boundaries for other applications that can use it. From a software developer standpoint, virtualization is really the key, as we can more easily spin up a new partition, virtual instance of IBM i. | It uses well known architecture and it's easy to develop for. |
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One of the features that we would like, and I think they are also adapting to the latest trends in the market, is to make it more open, more flexible... With VMware, anybody can create a virtual machine without any knowledge of the server side. But with AIX it's a bit difficult. I think IBM needs a little more work on managing the overall environment with eliminating Systems Director. I would like to see firmware available to all of the systems. The lack of software vendors moving onto the platform, as opposed to fleeing the platform, is an issue. If you take advantage of some of these real advanced features, for oversubscribing as an example, it's not supported on Linux on Power. So that stops us, in particular, from going that way. I know lab services does a lot of work but systems, if they could include some kind of lab services and bundling of services to get you to the greatest and latest feature at the already included cost Better manage heterogeneous footprints of all the different operating systems that are out there across one common interface. Everyone likes speed. Not that speed has been an issue up until now but you can never be too fast. | We have to scale it ourselves but it scales. It depends on the software because it's mostly the hardware platform that Intel is managing. |
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It is designed for a large workload, as opposed to a small workload. For our circumstances, and even as an independent, I can't buy a Power system to experiment on. It can't happen. You cannot buy them. The cost model is great. There is so much built in to the technology, that if you know how to use it you can save yourself a lot of money. Why should I be charged for that use rather than a single CPU, a single socket? | The price is competitive. |
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| IBM OpenPOWER LC | |
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| IBM | Intel |
Overview | |
| IBM Power Systems are built to crush the most advanced data applications - from the mission-critical workloads you run today to the next generation of AI. | Storage is simple with the Intel Storage System JBOD2000 family, a 2U form factor system with support for twelve 3.5" LFF or twenty-four 2.5" SFF drives with a single or multi-cable connectivity. The JBOD2000 family includes redundant, hot-swap fans and the option for redundant, hot-swap power supplies. The JBOD2000S2 products support 6Gb/s SAS/SATA connectivity via industry-standard SFF-8088 connectors with the latest JBOD2000S3 version supports up to 12 Gb/s SAS connectivity via industry standard SFF-8644 connectors. All these JBOD offerings are designed to provide highly available and easily expandable storage for Intel servers at an affordable price point. |
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| Cipher | Emerson, Baosight, Pentamaster |
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